Memoirs of the Life of Gilbert Wakefield, 1. kötetJ. Johnson, 1804 |
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23. oldal
... believe , as hath never been sur- passed in any breast , nor for a moment im- paired in mine . This devotion to learning I had indulged with such assiduity and success , that , in May 1759 , at the age of three years and three months ...
... believe , as hath never been sur- passed in any breast , nor for a moment im- paired in mine . This devotion to learning I had indulged with such assiduity and success , that , in May 1759 , at the age of three years and three months ...
28. oldal
... believe , from other motives , the corporation made an attempt , by a legal process , to eject him from the school , without offering a sufficient annuity for his maintenance . He represented to them the unreasonableness and cruelty of ...
... believe , from other motives , the corporation made an attempt , by a legal process , to eject him from the school , without offering a sufficient annuity for his maintenance . He represented to them the unreasonableness and cruelty of ...
40. oldal
... believe , never was exhibited in the republic of letters till his own æra.s The reader will excuse me for quoting one paragraph from this author's Sermons ; and I boldly challenge any man to point out it's superior from all those stores ...
... believe , never was exhibited in the republic of letters till his own æra.s The reader will excuse me for quoting one paragraph from this author's Sermons ; and I boldly challenge any man to point out it's superior from all those stores ...
42. oldal
... believe , a school - assistant at Read- ing in Berkshire ; how long , I know not ; and between 1732 and 1738 was chosen master of the free - school at Kingston - upon - Thames . ' He continued here till the year 1772 , with signal ...
... believe , a school - assistant at Read- ing in Berkshire ; how long , I know not ; and between 1732 and 1738 was chosen master of the free - school at Kingston - upon - Thames . ' He continued here till the year 1772 , with signal ...
48. oldal
... believe , had the mournful consolation of experiencing the kind attentions of an affectionate and grateful son . As a scholar , he was to a certain compass exact and elegant ; acquainted with but few authors , but they were the best ...
... believe , had the mournful consolation of experiencing the kind attentions of an affectionate and grateful son . As a scholar , he was to a certain compass exact and elegant ; acquainted with but few authors , but they were the best ...
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309. oldal - One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
345. oldal - People have now a-days, (said he,) got a strange opinion that every thing should be taught by lectures. Now, I cannot see that lectures can do so much good as reading the books from which the lectures are taken. I know nothing that can be best taught by lectures, except where experiments are to be shewn. You may teach chymistry by lectures : — You might teach- making of shoes by lectures...
335. oldal - TIRED Nature's sweet restorer, balmy Sleep ! He, like the world, his ready visit pays Where Fortune smiles ; the wretched he forsakes ; Swift on his downy pinion flies from woe, And lights on lids unsullied with a tear.
122. oldal - ... the church; to whose service, by the intentions of my parents and friends, I was destined of a child, and in mine own resolutions, till coming to some maturity of years, and perceiving what tyranny had invaded the church, that he who would take orders must subscribe slave, and take an oath...
45. oldal - Nutrita faustis sub penetralibus Posset, quid Augusti paternus In pueros animus Nerones. Fortes creantur fortibus et bonis ; Est in juvencis, est in equis patrum Virtus...
121. oldal - Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him? 49 But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
308. oldal - Lift the faint head, and bend the imploring eye; Till Death, in kindness, from the tortured breast Calls the free spirit to the realms of rest. Shame to Mankind! But shame to BRITONS most, Who all the sweets of Liberty can boast; Yet, deaf to every human claim, deny That bliss to others, which themselves enjoy: Life's bitter draught with harsher bitter fill; Blast every joy, and add to every ill; The trembling limbs with galling iron bind, Nor loose the heavier bondage of the mind.
122. oldal - ... coming to some maturity of years and perceiving what tyranny had invaded the Church, that he who would take Orders must subscribe slave, and take an oath withal, which unless he took with a conscience that would retch he must either straight perjure, or split his faith, I thought it better to prefer a blameless silence before the sacred office of speaking bought, and begun with servitude and forswearing.
539. oldal - And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school. And then the lover Sighing like furnace, with a woful ballad Made to his mistress
73. oldal - ... pursuit of it, if he does not excite our astonishment by the rapidity of his strides, he, at least, secures our confidence by the firmness of his step. To the examination of positions advanced by other men, he always brought a mind, which neither prepossession had seduced, nor malevolence polluted.